The Portland Trail Blazers bought out center Deandre Ayton this offseason. He's now played just one game with the Los Angeles Lakers, but the debut was underwhelming enough to the point where Portland should already be feeling absolutely thrilled about that decision.
Los Angeles fell to the Golden State Warriors with a final score of 119-109. With an injured LeBron James out of the picture, other Lakers needed to step up alongside superstar Luka Doncic. Ayton, in theory, was a prime candidate to take on some of that offensive burden. Ever since he landed with the Lakers, all we've heard is how Doncic finally has a lob threat at his disposal, a recipe that the Dallas Mavericks had previously experienced great success with.